BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
557 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN IOWA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT.

* AT 556 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY NEAR OXFORD…OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MARENGO…AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
OXFORD AROUND 605 PM CDT…
OXFORD AROUND 610 PM CDT…
TIFFIN AROUND 620 PM CDT…
OAKDALE…6 MILES NORTH OF CORALVILLE AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF SWISHER AROUND 625 PM CDT…
NORTH LIBERTY AND SHUEYVILLE AROUND 630 PM CDT…
SOLON AROUND 645 PM CDT…

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 223 AND 252.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 14.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE IMMEDIATELY INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.